Smyrna times., 1887-08-31
Smyrna and Vicinity.


peaches from beyond the railroad on
their way to the steamer Tygert.
THE fodder saving which is now
general in Sussex and lower Kent
counties, reveals an immense corn
crop.
The Gamers Ofpeaches and tomatoes
have no doubt about the high prices of
these commodities when the short crops
are all in.
MISSES BECK & FAIRIES have sold
out their millinery store, on Commerce
street, tolAliss Rebecca Lee, formerly
of Maryland.
JAS. G. FARsON, of Brenford, has
been at Milford during the peach sea-
son, taking a share in the shipment of
the luscious fruit.
MRS. SToKEsBURY is erecting front
to her residence on Frazer street. max
ing the third house in the course of
erection on this street.
L. H. PEEKY, the builder, is progress
ing well with the new dwelling of Mrs.
II. G. Budd on South street, and has
the frame nearly completed.
F. J. CARTER moved his family ON
Monday to ChestertOwn, Md, where
he has established himself in tho paper.
hanging and painting business.
AUTUMN commences Tomorrow.
September has the 81" in it that gives
the permission to trade in and eniOv
that delightful edible, the oyster.
NOTWITHSTANDING the complaint
about the weather of August, the doc
tors say it has been the most distress
ingly healthy" month of the year.
For the past ten days steamer TTqert
has been carrying from 1000 to $500
baskets of fruit per trip. The heaviest
shipments will be about over this week.
The Philadelphia & Smyrna Trans
portatiOn Company, which is getting in
a large quantity Of coal, call attention
to their advertisement in another col
umn.
TAYLoR's machine shop is taking a
holiday, that is the, workmen are, the
bosses all being away exhibiting their
agricultural implements at Northern
Fairs.
The yellOws in peaches is the upper
most topic with fruit cuturists at this
time, which A. G.. Cummins proposes
to treat in his reading advertisement
from week to week.
G. A. WICK's comfortable new dwell
ing corner Frazer and Delaware streets
is approaching completion. 1t has been
enclosed and painted and is now in the
hands Of the plasteTers,
OWING to want Of room at Rothwells
Landing caused by increased business
the Philadelphia & Smyrna Transpor-
tation Company have opened branch
coal yard at Smyrna Landing.
WHY don't some of our young men
start a militia company? By so doing
they can get chance to visit the next
Constitutional Centennial celebration
free of cost.-if they live that long.
BLACKBIRDs which took to the
marshes the past month are like the
reed birds, sought after by the city gun.
ners and killed in considerable num-
bers. They bring - cents per dozen
ALL the summer tourists who have
returned home land they are nearly all
in report that they had a good time
Now, to secure the good times com.
ing" let everybody get down to solid
work.
The school boys who will be intro,
duced into the new school year to-mOr-
row are hunting up the bat and ball fol
the out of school diversions. Their
first care will be to initiate the new
principal.
THE parishioners ofSt. Peters church
as well as our citizens generally
will be glad to hear from Rev
Mr.. Gordon in the interesting let.
ter from him which will be found il
another column.
ENOCH TURNER has commenced this
week the rectiOn of a new home or
Frazer street between Delaware and
Union. 1t will be a six room house
the front 20 by 1S feet and ths back
building 16 by is feet.
The Centennial church camp attrac
ted number of colOPed people to towr
on Sunday. 1t will hold over another
Sunday. The Bethel church camr
which commences next Sunday will
also hold over two weeks.
SCHOOL in District No. 4, below th,
Big Oak" which has been suspended
during the summer to give the children
a new, larger and better house, resumed
again on Monday with Mr.. Conway
the former efficient teacher.
WATERMELoNs have been UNUSUAL,
abundant the past week or two anC
very large, Clement having some tina
reach fifty pounds and over. But tn
mammoth melon like the mammOtl
turnip, is not always the best.
The season is nearly a month ahead
and the belief is general that Fall will
be early and frost too prompt tor tn
tOmatO-gatherers and packers. w
hope that this may not be so, as it is
serious matter for this part of the coun
try.
A SWIMMING contest is to come o.
this afternoon at Woodland Beach, tn
parties entered being John Pierson, {
Wilmington, J. Darling, champio
amateur Of Delaware, and Edwar,
BOuldin, exchampion amateur of Dela
ware.
PROF. C. s. CoNwELL, A. NJ, O
Dover, will preach in Asbury NJ.
Church both morning and evening o
Sunday next the 4th Of Septembel
Presiding Elder France will conduC
the prayer meetings during the absenc
of the Pastor.
MRS. +. A. MALLALIEU has bough
Of john Anthony opposite his dwellin
on South street n corner lot 30 fec
front and zoo feet deep. 1t is undel
stood that Mrs. Mallaiieu will build fc
herself home thereon next year tha
will be an ornament to this handsom
part Of the town.
THE services at the M. f. Church O
Sunday proceeded well, in the absenC
of the pastor. Rev. ". Smith preacl
ed in the morning, and was Mt his bes
and in the evening Rev, r. WatsO
Cooper, son Of r. M. Cooper near Moo
ton, who is yet in the midst Of b
school studies, was greeted by larp
: congregation who listened attentiVel
to his first discourse in our pulpit
WHAT kind of a dictionary can OF
neighbor over the way have any way
} He has questioned the propriety Of OF
/ uga of words several times hacauge II